SAN ANTONIO -- An estimated $36 million jackpot remains unclaimed by the person who purchased the ticket in Cuero for a May 31 Lotto Texas drawing, according to the Texas Lottery Commission.

During the last two years, 10 lottery tickets worth more than $10 million have been sold in Texas including two in Houston and Laredo and one in San Antonio, Fort Worth, Southlake, Cuero, Bells and Moulton, according to records obtained from the Texas Lottery Commission. The largest prize, a Powerball jackpot worth nearly $30 million, was sold in Bells, 70 miles northeast of Dallas.

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The Cuero winner let the computer chose his numbers with quick pick, and chose the cash value option. The ticket was sold by the Stripes on E. Morgan Ave. in Cuero.

Even though no winner has claimed the ticket, the Stripes store which sold it received a check for more $360,000 on July 18, according to the Lottery Commission.

Retailers that sell the winning ticket in the Lotto Texas game receive the greater of either one percent of the jackpot or one percent of the jackpot based on sales, up to $500,000, according to the Texas Lottery Commisison.

Winners in the Lotto Texas game have up to 180 days to claim their prize. Last month, a Lotto Texas jackpot estimated at $12 million from a Jan. 1 drawing was left unclaimed after the 180th day passed on June 30. That ticket was sold by the South Shore Shell in League City, just outside of Houston.

Last year, members of the Texas House voted to eliminate the state's lottery before reversing itself. On Thursday, House Speaker Joe Straus, R- San Antonio, announced members of a committee to explore eliminating the lottery.

"(T)he House had a healthy and productive discussion about the Texas Lottery last year, and this committee will continue that discussion," said Straus in a statement.